Nashvill* 4Africa

So Craig surprised me by getting us tickets to the Nashvill*4Africa benefit on April 22 (in Tennessee).  We had so much fun!  My parents had our boys for a few days and we had an extended date :)  We stayed at the Hilton right across from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.  We found out Third Day, David Crowder, Mark (from Audio Adrenaline), and a couple other christian bands I don't remember the names of were staying here as well--very cool!

We headed to Jack's Bar-B-Que for dinner--Craig had looked up area restaurants before we left and they are said to have the best BBQ in the area/Nashville--their food was delicious!!  And we didn't pay that much, either :)  (sorry, I couldn't figure out how to turn the picture--anyone willing to give a pointer???)

We had plenty of time after dinner to walk around downtown for a bit and just enjoy being together--it was a blast!!A view of Schermerhorn from our hotel room--beautiful!!
And our favorite part of the trip--the music!!  Especially the African Children's Choir--they're so talented!  They sang with musicians like Keith Urban, Damien Horne, Dierks Bentley, Ashley Cleveland, The SteelDrivers, Big Kenny, and.....FAITH HILL!  I am a huge Faith Hill fan and when Craig saw that she and Africa would be combined in something he knew we had to go.  Third Day and Jars of Clay played, too, along with Brad Arnold, Ben Moody and Brandon Young.  We were familiar with about 4 of the artists/bands but they were all SO talented!

I'll leave you with one final clip--the African Children's Choir singing a blessing from Deuteronomy over all in the hall--"may the LORD bless you and take care of you."

Amazing that children from a nation so far in poverty would care to sing blessing over a nation so blessed--but they know Him, our Hope and our Deliverer.  Awesome!!